Can feminists count on welfare states—or at least some aspects of these complex systems—
as resources in the struggle for gender equality? Gender analysts of “welfare states” …

This work analyses in a historical and comparative perspective the relationship between the
family and the welfare state in two Mediterranean countries: Italy and Spain. Two aims form …

Does gender equality matter for fertility? Demographic findings on this issue are rather
inconclusive. We argue that one reason for this is that the complexity of the concept of …

This book assesses the changing nature of state intervention in the economies of the affluent
democracies. Against a widespread understanding that contemporary developments, such …

In the comparative literature on welfare systems1, South European countries (Italy, Spain,
Portugal and Greece) have been considered part of the conservative corporative model …

This study examined gender differences in emotion word use during mother–child and father–
child conversations. Sixty‐five Spanish mothers and fathers and their 4‐(M= 53.50, SD …

Bringing together the most recent empirical evidence and the latest theoretical debates, this
fully revised new edition gets to grips with a broad range of inequalities in people's lives …

This book analyzes the problems that arise when women's rights conflict with the views of
conservative organized religion. Specifically, it addresses the legalization-or lack thereof-of …

BACKGROUND Women, who generally do more unpaid and less paid work than men, have
greater incentives to stay in marriages than cohabiting unions, which generally carry fewer …

This book deals with the process of the diffusion of cohabitation in Europe and discusses its
impact upon fundamental changes in family formation. It makes use of highly dynamic …